Exhibit 23.5
                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated May 20, 1997 on our audited Statement
of Revenue and Certain Expenses for Westlakes Office Park, of our report dated
August 8, 1997 on our audited Statement of Revenue and Certain Expenses for
First Shelton Place, and of our report dated September 3, 1997 on our audited
Statement of Revenue and Certain Expenses for Three Independence Way, appearing
in Cali Realty Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated September 18,
1997. We also consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of our report dated October 10, 1997 on our audited Statement of
Revenue and Certain Expenses for the McGarvey Portfolio, of our report dated
October 15, 1997 on our audited Statement of Revenue and Certain Expenses for
Princeton Overlook, of our report dated November 18, 1997 on our audited
Statement of Revenue and Certain Expenses for Concord Plaza, of our report dated
November 21, 1997 on our audited Statement of Revenue and Certain Expenses for
The Trooper Building, and of our report dated December 22, 1997 on our audited
Statement of Revenue and Certain Expenses for 500 West Putnam, appearing in 
Mack-Cali Realty Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 16,
1998. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Registration Statement.

/s/ Schonbraun Safris Sternlieb & Co., L.L.C.
Schonbraun Safris Sternlieb & Co., L.L.C.
Roseland, New Jersey
January 16, 1998